UPDATED: More on This Week’s AEW Dynamite & NXT Ratings

UPDATE: New breakdowns are available for this week’s AEW Dynamite and NXT ratings. As reported earlier, AEW slipped to a 0.25 demo rating (685,000 viewers), while NXT fell to a 0.15 and 590,000 viewers. Both numbers were significant drops from last week, with NXT ranking #74 among the cable top 1000s while AEW slipped to #37.

Both shows had serious drops although NXT’s drop was somewhat lighter, percentage-wise. As you can see with Dynamite, it suffered its biggest loss among the 25 – 49 demographic at 30% off from last week

ORIGINA:Showbuzz Daily has the overnight ratings for last night’s AEW Dynamite on TNT and WWE NXT on the USA Network. Both shows saw significant drops this week, but Dynamite still came out ahead.

Dynamite finished with an average 685,000 viewers for last night’s broadcast. That’s a significant drop from last week’s 819,000 viewers. Meanwhile, NXT fell from 669,00 viewers to 590,000.

In terms of the ratings, AEW Dynamite drew a 0.25 rating in the key persons 18-49 demo, falling from last week’s 0.34. NXT dropped to a 0.15 rating this week from last week’s 0.20.

Overall, this is the third lowest viewership number for Dynamite and the new lowest viewership for the show for the year thus far. AEW still opted for a live TV broadcast for last night’s show, which was held at previously undisclosed location in Norcross, Georgia. The location was later reported as the One Fall Power Factory Gym. NXT was previously taped at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

One thing that should be noted is the state of the world due to the coronavirus, and obviously, people have a lot on their minds right now and are likely paying attention to major news and updates regarding the virus.

Case in point, Special Report With Bret Baier on FOX News Channel topped the key demo and viewership numbers for last night on the cable networks. The show finished with a 0.73 rating in the key demo and 6.081 million viewers overall.